Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Somalia: President Says His Government Can Solve Pirate Attacks

Somali president Sharif Sheik Ahmed has said on Tuesday that his government can solve the pirate attacks if the world supports money to the Somali government to form national security forces.

President Sharif told Reuters news agency in the Egyptian capital Cairo that it can be possible to protect and solve the pirate attacks in the Somali coasts with in a year if the Somali government gets full support of money from the world to form national security army for Somalia asking the international community to give his government full support.

The statement of the Somali president Sharif Sheik Ahmed comes as he is due to attend a conference that will be held in the Belgium capital Brussels which will be attended by many of the international donors for collecting about $ 165 needed to form at least 6,000 national security forces and 10,000 police for the Somalia government and the president said that mentioned amount of money will be enough to be given as salaries for the Somali soldiers to protect the pirate attacks.

Source: AllAfrica

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